WALTERBORO, S.C.—A South Carolina judge is expected to rule as soon as Monday on whether prosecutors can present evidence of alleged financial crimes committed by Alex Murdaugh as part of his continuing double-murder trial.
The 54-year-old disbarred lawyer is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul at the family hunting estate on the night of June 7, 2021.
Mr. Murdaugh has been jailed for over a year on a total of 99 counts, primarily related to allegedly swindling his clients out of $8.8 million but also related to alleged drug trafficking, money laundering and insurance fraud in a failed assisted-suicide attempt over Labor Day weekend in 2021.